PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Silvennoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Pick had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Pick
vs
Silvennoinen

185 cm
25
210 lbs
4 - 4 - 2

188 cm
23
212 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Pick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Silvennoinen!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvennoinen throws a sloppy head kick and Pick moves out of range easily.
Pick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silvennoinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pick is fending him off so far but Silvennoinen persists. Nope, Pick circles away and we're back to standing.
Pick misses with a body shot.
Pick scores with a nice head shot.
Silvennoinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silvennoinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pick.
Pick with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pick connects with a body shot that sends Silvennoinen's belly button to the back.
We've been informed that Silvennoinen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silvennoinen throws a low kick but Pick moves out of range easily.
Pick throws a looping overhand right but Silvennoinen ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen thuds his right hand into Pick's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silvennoinen misses the shot to the body.
Pick swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silvennoinen throws a front kick aimed at Pick's knee but Pick avoids it well.
Silvennoinen thuds a left hand into Pick's body.
Silvennoinen lunges at Pick with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pick's hand.
Pick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvennoinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pick.
Pick misses with a body shot.
Pick connects with a body shot.
Silvennoinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silvennoinen swings for the body but Pick moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pick staying out of range there.
Pick fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silvennoinen just manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Pick throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silvennoinen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seppo Silvennoinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pick slips under a jab.
A quick step to the side and Pick tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pick misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pick changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pick looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvennoinen is just out of range.
Silvennoinen lands a nice shot that snaps Pick's head back.
Pick throws a leg kick which misses Silvennoinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Silvennoinen tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen misses with a low kick.
Pick throws a series of strikes that have Silvennoinen backpedaling.

It looks like Seppo Silvennoinen has been cut.
Silvennoinen tries a low kick but Pick avoids it.
Silvennoinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Silvennoinen scores with a hook.
Silvennoinen misses with a hook
enabling Pick to counter with a crisp jab.
Pick connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Pick closes the distance and clinches.
Silvennoinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pick lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A body shot lands from Pick.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pick scores with a shot to the side of Silvennoinen's head.
Silvennoinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pick is keeping busy.
Pick lands a nice elbow.
Silvennoinen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pick up against the cage.
Pick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silvennoinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pick's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Pick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pick throws a hook but Silvennoinen avoids it easily.
Silvennoinen lands a jab.
Pick takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silvennoinen thows a leg kick but Pick checks it
and Pick makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pick throws a lazy right hand but Silvennoinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silvennoinen! But no joy.
Silvennoinen walks into a jab.
Silvennoinen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pick's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen throws a push kick but Pick slaps the foot to one side.
Silvennoinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silvennoinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pick is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick moves out of range as Silvennoinen strikes.
Pick wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silvennoinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pick connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silvennoinen scrambles back to his feet.
Pick tried to score with a low kick but Silvennoinen checks it.
Pick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Silvennoinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pick feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Silvennoinen just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silvennoinen misses with a body shot
and Pick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silvennoinen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pick was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silvennoinen fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pick thuds a left hand into Silvennoinen's body.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvennoinen.
Pick scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pick throws a leg kick but Silvennoinen checks it.
Silvennoinen misses with a leg kick
and Pick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pick keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pick connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steve Pick is winning the standup battle so far.
Silvennoinen misses with a looping right.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pick blocks a jab.
Silvennoinen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvennoinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silvennoinen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pick throws a right hand that misses

and Silvennoinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pick won't be happy with that.
Pick is looking to reverse the position.
Silvennoinen controlling from side mount.
Silvennoinen working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen wants to control but Pick is keeping him busy.
Silvennoinen working the ground and pound.
Silvennoinen is looking to take a break and control but Pick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silvennoinen working away.
Silvennoinen working the ground and pound but Pick is defending the strikes.
Pick is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Steve Pick will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sloppy strikes from Pick. Those never looked like landing.
Pick scores with a hook to the body. Silvennoinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silvennoinen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silvennoinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pick counters with a stiff right hand.
Pick lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silvennoinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvennoinen lands a really nice looking cross but Pick seems unphased.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen misses the body punch
and Pick counters with a nice uppercut.
Donk. Pick catches Silvennoinen right on the button with a cross.
Pick misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silvennoinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pick is able to avoid easily.
Pick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvennoinen can do to turn this around?
Pick slips under a jab.
Silvennoinen thows a leg kick but Pick checks it
and Pick counters with a straight right hand.
Silvennoinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little feinted left hand from Pick on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvennoinen.
It looked like Pick wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvennoinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A shot to the liver by Pick. Beautiful body shot.
Silvennoinen misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pick cracks Silvennoinen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Seppo Silvennoinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silvennoinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Pick instigates a clinch.
Silvennoinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silvennoinen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pick lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silvennoinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silvennoinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen is looking to control Pick's arms but Pick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silvennoinen has his back to the cage.
Silvennoinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pick lands a right hand.
The referee calls for Pick to work.
Pick just leaning against Silvennoinen, taking a breather.
Silvennoinen stalling.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvennoinen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pick to keep the fight standing.
Pick stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvennoinen trying to stall but Pick improves his position.

Silvennoinen breaks the clinch.
Pick blocks a jab.
Silvennoinen lands with a hook. Pick tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Pick cracks Silvennoinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Steve Pick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circling - Silvennoinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silvennoinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Pick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Pick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pick, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Pick!